Common errors in the use of english prepositions of place made by non english major students at foreign language center, haiphong university and suggested solutions

1 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES  NGUYỄN THỊ THU HƢƠNG COMMON ERRORS IN THE USE OF ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE MADE BY NON – ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER, HAI PHONG UNIVERSITY AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS (Những lỗi phổ biến việc sử dụng giới từ nơi chốn Tiếng Anh sinh viên không chuyên tiếng Anh trung tâm ngoại ngữ, đại học Hải Phòng số giải pháp tham khảo) M.A MINOR THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60 14 10 Hanoi - 2010 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES  NGUYỄN THỊ THU HƢƠNG COMMON ERRORS IN THE USE OF ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE MADE BY NON – ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER, HAI PHONG UNIVERSITY AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS (Những lỗi phổ biến việc sử dụng giới từ nơi chốn Tiếng Anh sinh viên không chuyên tiếng Anh trung tâm ngoại ngữ, đại học Hải Phòng số giải pháp tham khảo) M.A MINOR THESIS Field: English Teaching Methodology Code: 60 14 10 Supervisor: Từ Thị Minh Thúy, M.A Hanoi – 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Declaration Abstract Table of contents Part : INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale 1.2 Aims and scopes of the study 1.3 Research questions 1.4 Design of the study Part 2: DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 An overview of methodology in teaching English 1.1.1 Importance of grammar in language teaching 1.1.2 Pedagogical grammar 1.1.2.1 What are pedagogical grammars ? 1.1.2.2 Aims of teaching grammar 1.1.2.3 How can pedagogical grammars be used in the classroom? 1.1.3 Methodology of teaching English grammar 1.1.3.1 Definition of methodology 1.1.3.2 Two main approaches to teaching English grammar 1.2 Methods and techniques in teaching English grammar 1.2.1 Listening and responding 1.2.2 Telling stories 1.2.3 Role playing 1.2.4 Group work 1.3 An overview of errors 1.4 Summary 11 Chapter : DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS 2.1 Description of the setting 11 11 2.1.1 Description of the school 11 2.1.2 Description of the program 11 2.1.3 Description of the course 11 2.2 Methodology and data collection 12 2.2.1 Participants 13 2.2.2 Methods 13 2.2.3 Procedures 13 Chapter : RESULTS 13 3.1 Presentation and analysis of the data 13 3.2 Discussion 24 3.2.1 Common errors in the use of English prepositions of place 24 3.2.2 Reasons for making errors 27 3.3 Teachers’ and students’ difficulties 28 3.3.1 Teachers’ difficulties 28 3.3.2 Students’ difficulties 29 Chapter : PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS 4.1 Techniques used in teaching English prepositions of place 30 30 4.1.1 Listening and responding 30 4.1.2 Using the classroom 31 4.1.3 Using text- completion exercises 32 4.2 Recommendations 32 4.2.1 Suggestions for learning English prepositions of place 32 4.2.2 Suggestions for teaching English prepositions of place 33 Part : CONCLUSION 34 Summary of the study 34 Recommendations for further research 35 REFERENCES APPENDIX I - IX ... VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES  NGUYỄN THỊ THU HƢƠNG COMMON ERRORS IN THE USE OF ENGLISH PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE. .. 3.1 Presentation and analysis of the data 13 3.2 Discussion 24 3.2.1 Common errors in the use of English prepositions of place 24 3.2.2 Reasons for making errors 27 3.3 Teachers’ and students ... PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE MADE BY NON – ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS AT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CENTER, HAI PHONG UNIVERSITY AND SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS (Những lỗi phổ biến việc sử dụng giới từ nơi chốn Tiếng Anh sinh viên không